I’m taking my health a lot more seriously now, and haven been able to lose 10kg since may.
Damn, that’s some good shit
Congrats!!
Keep up the good work!
On Sunday, my family and I watched 3 dolphins play in the boat wake, 5m away, for 4 minutes, as we came back into dock.
Wonderful.
A pic of dolphin surfacing (not potato, just compression artifacts)
Love watching dolphins play!
I bought a 75" TV last week and, as soon as I finish my CD, I am going to download a mod-ultimate version of Fallout New Vegas, and spend several months melting into my couch and playing it.
I just started working after years of covid reclusiveness. Almost 3 months into wotking and im physically feeling better.
My cat. Sure its not recent. But my cat 😃
Cooked my first beer can chicken today and it turned out great! Two whole chickens and a cast iron pan of cornbread on the smoker, cucumber salad, watermelon, and lemon bars for dessert. Had the ex over for dinner and she brought ex—MiL, but it was fun
Kill it! That sounds fun as hell. Added challenge; there is a dope sandwich to be made from those ingredients. Make it for your future ex.
I had ear surgery yesterday that will hopefully help with my hearing loss and sinus drainage. I’ve been waiting for almost two years for this hoping that my country would start to cover the procedure but finally said fuck it, it’s worth it for my quality of life. Feeling like I have a head cold today, but without the sick feeling. So far I think I can hear better already but not sure if it’s just wishful thinking lol. I’m cautiously optimistic!
This is a great thread, definitely cheered me and a lot of other people up. Thanks!
My doc wants to give me draining tubes because I keep ketting liquid behind my ear drums, is that what you got? I kinda ran off because they won’t put me under / give me some xanax or anything. Scary.
I got a tube in my right ear (as it’s the worst) and bilateral eustachian tube dilation in both. With the dilation basically they insert a balloon through my sinuses into my eustachian tubes and inflate it to expand them, hopefully permanently! I was knocked out for it as they had to go through my sinuses but when I’ve gotten tubes in the past they haven’t as they go through the front side of your ear. Don’t be too worried about getting tubes in your ears, I’ve had it done a bunch of times and it’s not that difficult. I didn’t feel any pain just some pressure. Try talking to your doc again about your apprehension, maybe they will reconsider something to calm you. Good luck with it, it can make a world of difference sometimes!
I hope they will find a solution for me since everything’s so blocked I keep having these dizzy / nauseous attacks. This helped me make an appointment for next month at the specialist office. Scared to death though, but I really want this to be over with :(
Oh no, that’s the worst feeling. I truly get it though, the inner ear is so important to our basic functioning and when it’s not working right there’s no way to have a regular life. Even basic things like walking are a struggle.
I’m glad I could help you make that next step! I understand how it can be incredibly frightening. I’m lucky (maybe?) that I had my first sets of tubes when I was very very young so it’s something I’ve experienced already and was normalized. If you want to talk about it or have a pep talk before your appt shoot me a message! And they definitely should be able to do something for your anxiety about it, that’s just good patient care. But we’re not always so lucky to have understanding doctors.
Truly! I have daily nerve pain but it’s nothing compared to those attacks.
You are truly an amazing person! I might follow you up on that, although I think my first appointment will just be assessing what’s the problem since it’s only ten minutes. Woohoo, medical care. I’ll make sure to tell them I’ve been struggling for ten years but didn’t feel taken seriously about my symptoms and anxiety so hopefully they’ll help me out. Although I don’t think so since acetaminophen and ibuprofen has become a meme in this country with doctors prescribing nothing else, lol.
Thank you, truly!
Reasons to be Cheerful – news site founded by David Byrne
I tried making mango sticky rice for the first time, and it came out great!
It’s a really nice treat/dessert. It’s a sort of very sweet rice pudding made with coconut milk, and rather simple to make
Oh that sounds delicious! I’m totally gonna try this
Just notice you have to soak the rice the day before
I have a surprise day off coming up.
Days off are the best, hope you do something fun and/or relaxing with it!
I crushed it in a job interview
Nice! I hope you get it, crossing fingers and toes for you
I finally unlocked the confidence to be the version of me that I want to be. Got the haircut I’ve always wanted, have it dyed the colour I want, I’m getting a new piercing soon, and I’m planning out the tattoo I’m going to get once I have some spare money. It’s been a journey to get here, but I’m so fucking happy with who I am and I no longer feel the need to apologize for being comfortable as my self.
Shit yes! Be unapologetically you, you deserve it. I’m super curious though, if there’s any more detail on the piercing and tattoo you wanna share (totally no obligation)
I was on Lemmy and saw a post where a user named TooManyPancakes (which is a lie!) asked everyone for some uplifting news to brighten their day.
It was a wonderful exchange! This caring person, with the poorly chosen user name, took time out of their day to reply to as many comments as they could, with uplifting affirmations of their own.
Completely made my day to see someone ask for help and then return it in kind, many times over. ❤️❤️❤️
Aw, you’re sweet! I just figured I probably wasn’t the only one that could use some positivity today
And for the record, it takes a lot of pancakes 😉
I realized that giving a fuck is overrated. It’s all going to burn anyway. Quit caring so much. It’s beyond your control.
Enjoy living in the end of days.
Ur 50% the way to where u need to be. Quit giving a fuck is a great first step. Step 2 is start giving a fuck about the things u can change.
I earned a certification last week for work!
Hey congrats, that’s awesome! Hope it leads to a pay bump for you
I hope so too lol
